Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	great_a	king_n	sir_n	2,590	5	5.4614	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60769	Some considerations about the raising of coin in a second letter to Mr. Locke.		1696 (1696)	Wing S4481; ESTC R16348	23,256	57

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